Hybrid - Active Directory Engineer

Active Directory Engineer
Location: Culver City, CA (candidate needs to be onsite 3 days / week)
Start: ASAP
Duration: 4/30/2026 with possibility of extension
Rate: Market/Competitive
Prefer USC/GC (Unfortunately, client is not not sponsoring for this opportunity)

Must have skills:

• Managing Active Directory Operations
• Managing Group Policy with complex Inheritance, Precedence and Enforcement
• Working with the client's enhanced security On-prem AD domains, monitoring AD replication and resolving any replication issues
• Using PowerShell/Visual Studio Code for troubleshooting and all other scripting needs
• Ability to follow existing SOPs and to create new ones

Required experience:

• Extensive Active Directory experience and Azure exposure
• High-level PowerShell scripting skills, proven ability to read and modify existing complex automation scripts and modules as well as script from scratch
• Previous experience in large, enterprise environments (more than 1,000 servers)
• Experience working in a multi-team environment across multiple geographies
• Ability to follow and enforce strictly defined security standards and processes. Familiarity with Change, Incident, Problem and Service management.
• Natural leadership and mentoring abilities
• Ability to work easily with people of different backgrounds
• Ability to follow existing SOPs and to create new ones

Responsibilities:

• Working with the client's enhanced security On-prem AD domains
• Working with the client's Azure AD tenants
• Configuring and managing privileged access (PAM) and access models
• Upgrading and migrating AD physical and virtual servers
• Using PowerShell/Visual Studio Code for troubleshooting and all other scripting needs
• Managing Group Policy with complex Inheritance, Precedence and Enforcement
• Evaluating current environment and clean-up of un-needed AD objects
• Collaborating with IT teams to build out any new servers required